The Training Workshop was held at Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC), Thailand on 29 - 31August 2016.
46 Scientists from 8 countries in the region gathered again in Phuket, Thailand, 29－31 August 2016, stepping up their efforts to develop a long term program monitoring the ecological impacts of ocean acidification on coral reef ecosystems for the region.
The three-day WESTPAC event is a follow-up to previous two workshops in 2015, with the aim to review and test, through expert discussions and practical demonstrations either in field or laboratory, a set of consistent, comparable and cost-effective “Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)”, which could be used for monitoring the ecological impacts of ocean acidification on coral reef ecosystems. While these efforts are focused on the establishment of a regional ocean acidification observing network, we are ideally striving for consistency and comparability as part of the Global Ocean Acidification - Observing Network (GOA-ON).
Throughout three days, scientists were updated with the latest developments on ocean acidification related research and programs at the global level. They were also fully engaged in hands-on exercises on seawater collection and handling for chemistry, Total Alkalinity (TA) and pH measurement, Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) and Calcification Accretion Units (CAUs) recovery and processing. With all knowledge and skill acquired, participants developed on the last day their concrete workplans for the next intersessional period.
Dr. Nguyen Van Long, Institute of Oceanography, Vietnam in the Training Workshop
For more details please visit: http://iocwestpac.org/
